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KNOX – When 400 rioting Canadian soldiers killed a British policeman

June 16, 2019 // 2 Comments

HERE’S SOMETHING they didn’t teach you in history class: the time 400 rioting Canadian soldiers killed a British bobby while trying to bust some buddies out of jail. [Continue]

KNOX – ‘Secret Coast Expedition’ aims to amplify Spain’s role in B.C.

June 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

HOW DO YOU PLAN for a month in the wilderness? First, get your dental work done. Don’t want to end up with a dethroned crown halfway between the middle of nowhere and the [Continue]

KNOX – To bee or not to bee? It’s a question of survival, including ours

June 2, 2019 // 1 Comment

I MISS THE BIRDS and the bees. Also the caribou, the foxes and even the skunks. Can’t remember the last time anybody moaned about washing a skunk-sprayed dog with tomato [Continue]

KNOX – Turns out our Canadian accent is one of the sexiest in the world

May 12, 2019 // 1 Comment

SHE NUZZLED MY EAR: “Say ‘Roll up the rim to win.’ ” I shook her off. “Charlize, baby, I told you it’s over. She kept going. “Now do the Friendly Giant: [Continue]

KNOX – Roger the Marmot speaks to our fondness for animals that live free

April 28, 2019 // 0 Comments

ROGER THE MARMOT is back, and Victoria is relieved. He’s getting up in age, so some fretted that he might not emerge from hibernation this spring. But no, no, there he was [Continue]

KNOX – For some, small-town life is becoming the answer to big-city prices

April 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

ROB BUTTERFIELD banged his head against the wall in Vancouver for a decade. “You work your ass off for nothing,” the 34-year-old says. House prices, rents, everything [Continue]

KNOX – Bullying from Alberta won’t change anyone’s mind in B.C.

April 14, 2019 // 2 Comments

NEWS ITEM ONE: Jason (Dr. Strangelove) Kenney says he’ll choke off B.C.’s fuel supply on Day One if elected Alberta premier next week. News item two: Victoria is the [Continue]

KNOX – Is the climate-change battle worth higher gasoline prices?

April 7, 2019 // 2 Comments

HERE’S A QUESTION: If you knew — really believed — that higher gas prices would combat climate change, would you moan as much? Not that this week’s spike had much [Continue]

KNOX – Why a long, long bridge (or tunnel) from the mainland won’t work

March 31, 2019 // 0 Comments

HERE’S WHY a bridge linking Vancouver Island to the mainland is a non-starter: • Why would we build a bridge? We just made our last payment on the moat. • Moving to [Continue]

KNOX – ‘Compassion and love’ behind chain of humanity at mosque

March 24, 2019 // 1 Comment

SOMETIMES IT’S IMPORTANT to just get off your butt, stick your hand in the air and say you’re on the side of love and humanity. “All the people showing up today, [Continue]

KNOX – Do Fido a big favour and don’t toss your roach or leave edibles out

March 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

IT WASN’T A BIG DOG that staggered into the Juan de Fuca Veterinary Clinic, but not a super-small one, either. Probably weighed 20 pounds. “We don’t know what’s [Continue]

KNOX – Be careful what you wear – clothing is piling up in our landfills

March 10, 2019 // 6 Comments

NEWS ITEM: Fashion-conscious British Columbians are clogging landfills with discarded clothing.“ Is that a new shirt?” she asked.“Yes,” I replied brightly. “I [Continue]

KNOX – Host the Oscars? No way, I don’t want to be mobbed on social media

February 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

THE ACADEMY AWARDS are on tonight, and I am afraid. Afraid that in the absence of all other alternatives, I will be grabbed off the street and press-ganged into hosting the [Continue]

KNOX – Great Bear Rainforest film a ‘catalyst for conversation’

February 17, 2019 // 2 Comments

IAN McALLISTER’S new Great Bear Rainforest film isn’t just an Imax movie. It’s an international awareness project meant to help save a breathtaking, fragile [Continue]